Today’s game against the Atlanta Falcons will be the final chance for the Jacksonville Jaguars to assess the talent on their roster before contracting down to 53 players next week. Everyone who has made it to this point in their preseason process has the skills to make it in the NFL, but unfortunately for some, their best won’t be enough.
The drop from 80 players to 53 will be a remarkable burden for both the team and the athletes that make up its component parts. Head coach Doug Pederson is acutely aware of that fact and told the media on Thursday about the challenge of eliminating so many potential playmakers from his team’s pool of talent.
